.mobi The "ReDirect Scenario"

[cobo]

The "ReDirect Scenario" discussed in these included posts:

It's got a nice redirect to PC version too. That is the key IMO. It takes that .com argument that it can be mobile too, and flips it upside down. I have it on my lyp.mobi. Nice.

Great point which all should know! This is the possible reason why .mobi could possibly overtake ALL tld's in the future. With all mobi's having the standard to be viewed on mobiles PLUS the highly recommended option to build out a regular PC version site also, we might just see a tipping point away from other tld's and have the .mobi tld as the future leader as this mobility phase of the internet unfolds. Will be interesting to observe the progression of all mobile options.

Yes Yes!

Do the device detect and redirect on the .mobi

Because if you did it on the .com, then you can't see a full blown pc like website on your advanced PDA (just with scrollbars) because you will be forced redirected to a lesser info mobile version! The whole point is the existing .com pc information world needs to be preserved for advanced PDA's to access its full features "on the go"!

and in other threads is such a major Public Relations point. Maybe THE major point. Just go right to the heart of com and other tlds. It is a competitive world. Go do battle and expect to dominate. The internet is evolving, the mobile revolution is happening and a possible new "top dog" is being birthed. The opportunity is here... now! As marketers, mTLD need to step it up a notch and promote the advantages inherent in .mobi in relation to the changing and increasingly mobile internet. Perhaps they need some new creative thinking. Throw out the seemingly stale approach and refresh!!! Maybe they should directly consult with a few players floating around this forum! And not just every few months via a forum Q and A session! Usually the Ivory Tower Syndrome creates restrictive thinking. One thing for sure though... Pinky needs to get put to task with some direct questioning and solid observation from some folks in the field, in a nice way of course. Hopefully he will enlighten us as to what might be happening behind the scenes. Although the mobi world is progressing nicely, I still feel they need to turn up the heat on this publicly apparent "slow burn" approach. Just MHO. Thoughts?

 

[-REECE-]

IMO, mtld is a pawn even in the scope of their own tld. A company such as Microsoft could make or break dotmobi all on it's own. Want to see .mobi succeed? All it takes is making .mobi the default on their Windows Mobile OS -- simple as that

 

[cobo]

Yes, the redirect promotion strategy is one thing. The default strategy is something else entirely. If that were to happen, then mobi success is assured. One can almost hear the paradigm shift, the tearing of the dotcom universe, if that were to occur. Can you imagine the value of our portfolios value then? What amazing times we live in!

 

[-REECE-]

Yes, the redirect promotion strategy is one thing. The default strategy is something else entirely. If that were to happen, then mobi success is assured. One can almost hear the paradigm shift, the tearing of the dotcom universe, if that were to occur. Can you imagine the value of our portfolios value then? What amazing times we live in!

Yes, and the great thing is -- it just might happen Imagine the reaction of customers otherwise, who are on a $/MB plan when they find out that the music station they chose to listen to was 128kbps and hence 1 hour of music -> 3600sX128kb/s =460.8 MB --> bill in the $500 to $2000 USD range for 1 hour The same craziness could obviously happen to someone viewing megapixel images on their cell phone.

Conclusion: Dotmobi must be the only option on cell phones, unless cell phone makers want to reduce these absurd fees which could potentially cost people $XXXX/hour.

 

[cobo]

Got that right !!! Sure wish we knew just what those mobi backers are planning to roll out and when. It seems like it would be in their financial best interests to do it. A checkmate type of move! If Nike were a backer, maybe they would say: Just Do It !!! :hehe:

 

[satsdifference.com]

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The "ReDirect Scenario" discussed in these included posts:


and in other threads is such a major Public Relations point. Maybe THE major point. Just go right to the heart of com and other tlds. It is a competitive world. Go do battle and expect to dominate. The internet is evolving, the mobile revolution is happening and a possible new "top dog" is being birthed. The opportunity is here... now! As marketers, mTLD need to step it up a notch and promote the advantages inherent in .mobi in relation to the changing and increasingly mobile internet. Perhaps they need some new creative thinking. Throw out the seemingly stale approach and refresh!!! Maybe they should directly consult with a few players floating around this forum! And not just every few months via a forum Q and A session! Usually the Ivory Tower Syndrome creates restrictive thinking. One thing for sure though... Pinky needs to get put to task with some direct questioning and solid observation from some folks in the field, in a nice way of course. Hopefully he will enlighten us as to what might be happening behind the scenes. Although the mobi world is progressing nicely, I still feel they need to turn up the heat on this publicly apparent "slow burn" approach. Just MHO. Thoughts?

Hi!

Cobo Great Thread!

Great points to highlight for us; as, these certainly need to be recognized more by the techie world and even the NamePros world! If they can't see it now, they will be talking about it in threads etc., just like this, in the future.. it's happening.. the crayz reality is unfolding..

I, also, secretly deep inside, have thought that this Dot Mobi may be paced to become top dog afterall.. This is a global viral phenomenon.. not just a western dominated TLD.. plus the human experience of a mobile phone at one's side is Irreplaceable and Unprecedented.. this is a historic #1 mobile birth we are witnessing.. the mobile internet revolution spurred by the Dot Mobi domain name team..

Recognizing the corporate Dream Team/gang backing and uniting under Dot Mobi.. over and under the table.. I recently began to understand more about this "slow playing" pace we are seeing:

-dotMobi is backed by leading mobile operators, network and device manufacturers, and Internet content providers, including Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM, Vodafone (and now Visa).


Title: Slow Playing It, like poker, with the top hand?!


The Dot Mobi CEO, Neil Edwards, speaks with panel

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3630084753740478187&q=dotmobi


".. not enough content to spur rapid adoption" - Dot Mobi CEO

hence, the pace.. (designed)


It only gets better from here
:wave:
Hold on, friends!



Kind Regards,

Yelo

 

[-REECE-]

Just imagine how popular the mobile web will be once fuel cells, future processor architectures, WiBro/WiMax, lower unlimited plans,... The future looks very promising for the mobile web

 

[etimms]

Microsoft can launch DotMobi

Guys here is a link to the .Mobi blog and a question I asked and Pinky's response. So yes, Microsoft could launch this thing into orbit. Does anyone want to ask Pinky about these comments when he is on Namepros

http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/2006/10/market_bullish_.html

Hi, I am bullish on .mobi and have purchased name names already. I plan on agressively developing a name soon. I am a believer in .mobi but have the following question.

Looking at live.mobi Microsoft lits live.com as a beta version. Why doesn't Microsoft use live.mobi?



Eric, regarding your question "Why doesn't Microsoft use live.mobi?"

The Microsoft Online Services Group (Windows Live and MSN) has not formally launched its .MOBI marketing efforts to consumers. In the future you will see reference to the .MOBI Trust Mark on the Windows Live and MSN web sites and marketing initiatives to let consumers know that the various Windows Live service for mobile are .MOBI enabled and will support the best user experience offered by being .MOBI compliant.

Posted by: Pinky Brand | November 07, 2006 at 10:52 AM

 

[garrett200]

People are sheep....if Microsoft makes defaults and Samsung, Nokia, et al makes defaults, and they start promoting .mobi it will take off, guaranteed.....The public will accept and embrace Mobi not because they WANT to, but rather because they are TOLD to.

It won't take off because someone here made a cute .mobi site with unique and compelling content.

If they are told, subliminaly or otherwise, that .Mobi is the new .com, they will believe it and it will come true.

Then again, if all this was just a money making enterprise for Mtld, nobody will promote anything and we crash and burn into oblivion......and we end up low on the totem pole, below .ws......and flowers.mobi is worth nothing more than reg fee......

 

[satsdifference.com]

Thank you for the Tip and Everything

Guys here is a link to the .Mobi blog and a question I asked and Pinky's response. So yes, Microsoft could launch this thing into orbit. Does anyone want to ask Pinky about these comments when he is on Namepros

http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/2006/10/market_bullish_.html

Hi, I am bullish on .mobi and have purchased name names already. I plan on agressively developing a name soon. I am a believer in .mobi but have the following question.

Looking at live.mobi Microsoft lits live.com as a beta version. Why doesn't Microsoft use live.mobi?



Eric, regarding your question "Why doesn't Microsoft use live.mobi?"

The Microsoft Online Services Group (Windows Live and MSN) has not formally launched its .MOBI marketing efforts to consumers. In the future you will see reference to the .MOBI Trust Mark on the Windows Live and MSN web sites and marketing initiatives to let consumers know that the various Windows Live service for mobile are .MOBI enabled and will support the best user experience offered by being .MOBI compliant.

Posted by: Pinky Brand | November 07, 2006 at 10:52 AM

I think this is a very important statement, from a very well respected and dignified industry people's champion - indicative of the strength inside the elite business consortium/gang already at that time..

My speculation is:

Why there is no Google.mobi or MSN.mobi (backers) advertised yet only seems to point to a comment that the Dot Mobi CEO made ".. not enough content to spur rapid adoption" - reference http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3630084753740478187&q=dotmobi
It appears they are adhering to the wisdom of saving their best moves for later when they are perceived to have the biggest, sustainable impact.

Let's not fool ourselves, parkers/domainers aren't really seen as helping the extension's content growth; and, although MTLD makes some money from registrations (there is a larger goal here).. slowing it down and spreading it out is their ideal. The Naysayers have helped to this cause.. The push "for" was in China and others, the push "against" with silence was in the domainers world in the U.S... One rich guy coulda bought seemingly everything! With most non reserved generics and generic phrases now gone.. the early history has been written.. I think we have reached the tipping point milestone whereby we are seeing much more public moves by the Dot Mobi Team.. and everyone now is in rhythm and agreement.. it is content (particularly from companies that are flipped to .mobi) that the actors say will spur faster and faster adoption ala marketing $$$ from the big bosses/stakeholders..

Most of the gang's money is really made and calculated from the pushing of their cellphones and contracts in your face.. and especially the business to business relations that are going on.. businesses want a piece of the action now, as they are catching on to what this unprecedented movement means, and is creeping up on, worldwide..

The pace is being timed by the best minds money can buy:

-dotMobi is backed by leading mobile operators, network and device manufacturers, and Internet content providers, including Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM, Vodafone (and now Visa).

What a team (unofficial)!

It's wonderful to have the Dot Mobi representative share his time for us.



Kind Regards,

Yelo